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Categories of Type
Subtlety is a very important part of designing with type and design in general. The Categories of Type link below discusses the many differences to observe when looking at letterforms.
Counter Space is a great website dedicated to typography and it's history.
Visit it often.
Check out the ANATOMY: Character Structure and Measurements link in Counter Space (top of page)
Readability
Readability refers to an extended amount of text, as in a book or magazine article, and how easy it is to read.
Legibility
When a short amount of text can be easily recognizable
such as, headlines, subheads, street signs, posters, billboards.
Mildred's House of Signage
Signage in an urban environment.
Look through this sight and observe the different kinds of type used.
Be aware of the beauty of each letterform.
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Type basics:
Type topics (Adobe)
Real world tips for working with text in InDesign (Adobe press)
Formatting text
Formatting text tutorial (You Tube video) - note that this is for CS2 but still applies to CS4
Formatting text in InDesign CS3 (Adobe video)
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